OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14510697
BURN,SLIP,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,HOT WATER
Event description
FALL INTO TANK OF HOT RINSE WATER
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ASSIGNED TO MONITOR THE AUTOMATIC HOISTING SYSTEM ON THE PLATING EANS PROVIDED FOR THE EMPLOYEES. LINE AND TO RETRIEVE PARTS WHICH FELL OFF THE RACKS INTO THE TANKS. THE TANKS W ERE APPROXIMATELY 16' LONG, 3' WIDE AND 5' DEEP. THE DISTANCE FROM THE FLOOR TO THE LEDGE OR DIVIDER BETWEEN THE TANKS IS APPROXIMATELY 3'7". ON SEPTEMBER 25, 1 984, AT APPROXIMATELY 7:30 P.M., EMPLOYEE #1 STOPPED THE HOISTING SYSTEM AND GOT UP ON THE 6 1/2" LEDGE OR DIVIDER BETWEEN THE COLD WATER RINSE TANK AND THE HOT WATER RINSE TANK TO RETRIEVE OR STRAIGHTEN PARTS IN THE COLD WATER RINSE TANK. THE TEMPERATURE OF THE HOT WATER WAS APPROXIMATELY 170 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. HE SL IPPED AND FELL BACKWARDS INTO THE HOT WATER TANK. THERE WAS NO FALL PROTECTION M
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 41
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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